Category Archives: Legal

State by State Residential Contractor Licensing Recap & Alabama’s Limited License

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It seems like the first thing off everyone’s lip before hiring a contractor to work on a house is “make sure they are licensed”. Well would it surprise you that 15 states do not require one to be licensed, another 6 states require it only if you are doing $10,000 of work or more on
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Taxes, Record Keeping, & Clearing the Clutter

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UPDATE – this was originally written in 2011 – for 2012 taxes are due on the 17th, and then we go back to the 15th for the next three plus years… Oh no, it’s April 16th and taxes were due… on the 18th? In reality, my taxes were actually filed back in February, but if
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Another hotel, another city – Why?

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Well, here I am sitting in another hotel room.  Why? Two words – Continuing Education; this time I am down here in Montgomery to take a three-day class on Weatherization. Back in October, I was in Indianapolis to take a government mandated Lead class and to attend the Remodeling & Deck Expo. Then there were
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